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LOT 2824
Celestine Sulphate Mineral Display Specimen
2 3/8 in. (123 grams, 62 mm).
A radiating cluster of white tabular crystals (SrSO4) with dusting of orange mineral present at the tips. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Hammam-Zriba Mine, Tunisia.
Acquired at the Bakewell Show, UK, 7 October 2000.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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